Screening for postnatal depression in routine primary care: Properties of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in an Australian sample

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 833-839

  Milgrom, Jeannette ^a,b   Ericksen, Jennifer ^b   Negri, Lisa ^c   Gemmill, Alan W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; Positive predictive value; Postnatal depression; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 28444498061     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2005.01660.x     Document Type: Article

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